August 2010 Releases

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

List of Blu-ray movies, CDs, PlayStation 3 games, and Nintendo DS games to be released in August 2010.

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Kverke.com Top 10s of 2009

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Top 10 Metal CDs of 2009

1. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
2. Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
3. Dååth - The Concealers
4. Lamb of God - Wrath
5. Arsonists Get All the Girls - Portals
6. Megadeth - Endgame
7. ZAO - Awake?
8. The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Worse Than Alone
9. Slayer - World Painted Blood
10. DevilDriver - Pray for Villains

Top 10 Hip-Hop CDs of 2009

1. Zion I - The Take Over
2. The Alchemist - Chemical Warfare
3. Souls of Mischief - Montezuma’s Revenge
4. MF Doom - Born Like This
5. Swollen Members - Armed to the Teeth
6. Afro Classics - Classic Rock
7. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II
8. B-Real - Smoke N Mirrors
9. Gift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars
10. The Grouch & Eligh - Say G&E!

Honorable Mentions

(in no particular order)

• iwrestledabearonce - It’s All Happening
• Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
• The Lonely Island - Incredibad
• Mastodon - Crack the Skye
• Peaches - I Feel Cream
• Afro Classics & Bash Bros. - Workaholics 2
• GWAR - Lust in Space
• Seventh Void - Heaven Is Gone
• CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Volume One
• Behemoth - Evangelion
• Eminem - Relapse
• Brother Ali - Us
• Obscura – Cosmogenesis

November 2009 Releases

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

November 3

Blu-ray

• Forrest Gump - Sapphire Edition [1994] PG-13
• James Bond 10-pack Blu-ray Collection [1962-2008] NR
  • Dr. No / From Russia With Love / Goldfinger / Thunderball / Live and Let Die / Moonraker / For Your Eyes Only / The World is Not Enough / Die Another Day / Quantum of Solace
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation - Ultimate Collector’s Edition [1989] PG-13
• Transformers Gift Set
  • Transformers [2007] PG-13 / Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [2009] PG-13

Music

• CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Vol. Two
  • features Substantial, Sean Price, Poison Pen, Deacon The Villain, Geologic, Grieves, Macklemore, E-40, Evidence, and others
  • Track 11 remixed by Blue Sky Black Death, track 13 produced by J-Zone, all others produced by Kno.
• Gift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars
  • features Del, Brother Ali
• Masta Ace & Edo G - Arts & Entertainment
  • feat. Large Pro, Posdnuos (De La Soul), Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, KRS One, and others
• Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest
• Overkill - Killbox 13 (reissue)
• Overkill - RelixIV (reissue)
• Overkill - Wrecking Everything: Live (reissue)
• RJD2 - Dead Ringer: The Reissue
  • features Blueprint, Copywrite, and others
  • 2 previously unreleased bonus tracks
• Slayer - World Painted Blood
• Themselves - CrownsDown

Video Games

• Dragon Age: Origins (PS3/360/PC)

November 10

Blu-ray

• Heat [1995] R
• Watchmen - The Ultimate Cut [2009] R

Music

• DOOM (MF Doom) – Unexpected Guests
  • features Talib Kweli, J Dilla, Scienz of Life, Vast Aire, Supafriendz, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck, GZA, Ghostface, Babu, and others
• GWAR - America Must Be Destroyed (reissue)
• King Diamond - House of God (reissue)
• King Diamond - Voodoo (reissue)
• Unearth - The March (CD/DVD deluxe reissue)
• Wu-Tang Meets Indie Vol.2: Enter the Dubstep
  • features Raekwon, Ghostface Killa, RZA, GZA, Method Man, U-God,  Masta Killa, Killah Priest, Bronze Nazareth, Busta Rhymes, MF Doom, Pimp C, Three 6 Mafia, Ras Kass, Vast Aire, Canibus, and others

November 17

Blu-ray

• Brüno [2009] R
• Chasing Amy [1997] R
• Clerks - 15th Anniversary Edition [1994] R
• Fight Club [1999] R
• Kevin Smith 3-Movie Collection [] Not rated
  • Clerks / Chasing Amy / Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Léon: The Professional - Theatrical and Extended Versions [1994] UR
• Sex, Lies and Videotape [1989] R

Music

• Devin Townsend - Addicted
• Factor - Old Souls Volume One
  • Features Luckyiam, Eligh, Awol One, Myka 9, Aesop Rock, Existereo, Barfly, Mickey Avalon, Xzibit, Moka Only, and others
• Felt (Murs & Slug) – Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez
  • Produced by Aesop Rock.
• Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Message to the Other Side
  • An official ODB collection of all new unreleased tracks, featuring RZA, Masta Killah, Method Man and others.
  • Bonus DVD contains a 20-minute excerpt of the soon to be released film about ODB, “Dirty”.
• Rakim - The Seventh Seal

November 24

Blu-ray

• Angels & Demons - Theatrical and Extended Edition [2009]
• Blood: The Last Vampire [2000] NR
• Cujo - 25th Anniversary Edition [1983] R
• Frailty [2001] R
• Ghost in the Shell 2.0 [1995] NR
• Ink [2009] NR
• The Way of the Gun [2000] R

Music

• The Prime - One-Uppers
  • Luckyiam (Living Legends) & Sapient (Sandpeople)
  • Produced by Sapient.

October 2009 Releases

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

October 6

Blu-ray

• Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Deluxe Edition [1966]
• Ghost Ship [2002]
• Kurt Cobain: About a Son [2006]
• Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein [1994]
• The National Parks: America’s Best Idea [2009]
• The Number 23 [2007]
• Red Dwarf: Back to Earth [2009]
• Romantic Comedy 3 Pack: There’s Something About Mary [] / What Happens in Vegas [] / The Girl Next Door []
• Sci-Fi 3 Pack: Jumper [] / Independence Day [] / I, Robot []
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory [1971]
• Wolf [1994]
• Wolf [1994]/ Dracula []/ Frankenstein Trilogy []
  
• Year One [2009]

CDs

• Afro Classics - Classic Rock
• Apathy - Wanna Snuggle?
• Arch Enemy - The Root of All Evil
• BK-One with Benzilla - Rádio do Canibal
  • Featuring Slug, Brother Ali, Raekwon, The Grouch, Blueprint, Murs, and others over Brazilian funk-inspired hip-hop beats
• Horse the Band - Desperate Living
• Joe Perry - Have Guitar, Will Travel

NDS

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes

PS3

• Demon’s Souls – $59.99
  
• Demon’s Souls (Deluxe Edition) – $69.99
  • includes an exclusive 160-page strategy guide and a “beautiful embossed slipcase with foil accents”.
• NBA 2K10
• NBA 2K10 (Anniversary Edition)
  • packaged in a specially designed 2K Sports locker configured for game storage, and include exclusive items.
• NBA Live 10
• Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
• Saw: The Videogame
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes

October 13

Blu-ray

• Fox Searchlight Collection Vol. 1: Juno []/ Slumdog Millionaire [] / The Wrestler []
• Fox Searchlight Collection Vol. 2: Little Miss Sunshine []/ Sideways []/ Antwone Fisher []
• Fox Searchlight Collection Vol. 3: Napoleon Dynamite []/ Super Troopers []/ Miss March []
• Fox Searchlight Collection Vol. 4: 28 Days Later []/ Sunshine []/ Night Watch []
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas [2000]
• Land of the Lost [2009]
• Natural Born Killers - Director’s Cut [1994]
• South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut [1999]

CDs

• Gojira - Terra Incognita (reissue)
• Jern Eye (Lunar Heights) – Vision
  • Features Mistah F.A.B., Zion I, Guilty Simpson, Planet Asia, Rasco, and others with production by Jake One and others.
• King Diamond - The Graveyard (reissue)
• King Diamond - The Spider’s Lullaby (reissue)
• Mac Lethal - Love Potion 5
• Moka Only (as Ron Contour) – The Summer of Ron
• People Under the Stairs - Carried Away
• R. A. The Rugged Man - Legendary Classics vol. 1 CD+DVD
  • featuring J-Live, Jedi Mind Tricks, Havoc, The Notorious BIG, Kool G Rap, Big John, and others
• The Roots - How I Got Over

NDS

• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky – Oct. 12
  
• Where the Wild Things Are

PS3

• Brütal Legend
• Critter Crunch - Oct. 8, $6.99 on PSN
• Fallout 3 (Game of the Year Edition)
  • includes five DLC packs: The Pitt, Operation: Anchorage, Broken Steel, Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta.
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Way of the Samurai 3
• Where the Wild Things Are

October 20

Blu-ray

• Blood: The Last Vampire [2009]
• Easy Rider [1969]
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [2009]
• Waterworld [1995]

CDs

• Flight of the Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky
• Fu Manchu - Signs of Infinite Power
• Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
• Royce Da 5’9″ - Street Hop
• Themselves - CrownsDown

NDS

• FIFA Soccer 10
• Hero’s Saga: Laevatein Tactics – Oct. 15
• Jam Sessions 2
• Nostalgia
• WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010

PS3

• FIFA Soccer 10
• WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010

October 27

Blu-ray

• Ice Age Triple Pack: Ice Age / The Meltdown / Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs [2009]
• Night of the Creeps - Director’s Cut [1986]
• Steve Vai: Where the Wild Things Are
• The Prisoner: Complete Series [1968]

CDs

• Bassnectar - Cozza Frenzy
  • features Zumbi (of Zion I) and others
• Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
• DOOM (MF Doom) – Unexpected Guest
  • features De La Soul, Jake One, Talib Kweli, Dilla, Ghostface, Vast Aire, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck, GZA, and others
• J Dilla (Jay Dee) – Dillanthology 3
  • features Jaylib, Madlib, Guilty Simpson, Black Thought, Common, and others
• Kool Keith, Denis Deft, Yeti Beats - Bikinis & Thongs
• The Red Chord - Fed through the Teeth Machine
• Snowgoons - The Trojan Horse
  • features La Coka Nostra (Everlast, Danny Boy, Ill Bill, Slaine), Dilated Peoples, Defari, Termanology, Skyzoo, Outerspace, Krumb Snatcha, Buckshot (of Black Moon), Sabac Red (Non Phixion), El Da Sensai, Kaze, Virtuoso, Edo G, and others
• Swollen Members - Armed to the Teeth
  • prequel to Beautiful Death Machine
• Tech N9ne - K.O.D.
• Weezer - Raditude
• Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg

NDS

• 100 All-Time Favorites
• Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

PS3

• Alpha Protocol
• Borderlands – Oct. 26
• DJ Hero
• DJ Hero (Renegade Edition)
• includes a premium Renegade turntable controller boasting a custom black finish and premium metal controls, custom hardshell carrying case that converts into a DJ stand, and a 2-CD pack featuring previously unreleased tracks from Jay-Z and Eminem.
• Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time – $59.99
  • preorder bonuses:
  • Amazon: Bolt Package (Box Basher, Bolt Magnetizer, and 5,000 bolts)
  • Best Buy???: Power Package (exclusive weapon skin for one of Ratchet’s weapons, start the game with extra hit points, Cryo Mine Glove) “This pre-order program goes into effect over the next few weeks.“
  • Game Crazy: Space Package (exclusive hotrod skin for Ratchet’s ship, 5,000 bolts, and an exclusive Ratchet & Clank PlayStation Home avatar skin)
  • GameStop: Discovery Package (Insomniac Moon level that resembles the layout of the Insomniac Games’ offices that contains extra content that didn’t quite make it into the game)
• Rogue Warrior
• Tekken 6

August 2009 Releases

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

August 4, 2009

Blu-ray

• The Beast [1996]
• Big Trouble in Little China [1986]
• Jackie Brown [1997]
• The Last Starfighter - 25th Anniversary [1984]
• My Cousin Vinny [1992]
• Pulp Fiction - Special Edition [1994]
• Sling Blade [1996]
• The Waterboy [1998]

CDs

• Kool Keith - Lost Masters Collection 3CD

PS3

• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - screenshots
• Wolfenstein - screenshots

August 11, 2009

Blu-ray

• About Last Night… [1986]
• St Elmo’s Fire [1985]
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Film Collection
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [1990]
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze [1991]
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles in Time [1993]
  • TMNT [2007]

CDs

• Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II

August 18, 2009

Blu-ray

• Dexter: Series 1-3 [2006-2008]
• Dexter: The Complete Third Season [2008]
• Tyson [2008]

PS3

• Madden NFL 10 - screenshots – August 14
• Singstar: Queen - screenshots

August 25, 2009

Blu-ray

• Adventureland [2009]
• Children of the Corn [1984]
• The Informers [2009]
• Natural Born Killers - Director’s Cut [1994]

CDs

• The Casualties – We Are All We Have
• KRS One & Buckshot - Survival Skills
• Swollen Members - Armed to the Teeth 2CD
  • Prevail: “a prequel to [...] Beautiful Death Machine. [...] It’s 16 or 17 new songs and then a Swollen Members greatest hits album attached as a bonus.”
  • features Dilated Peoples, Krondon, Talib Kweli, Phil The Agony, Evidence, The Alchemist, La Coka Nostra, Ghostface Killah
• Vader - Necropolis - August 21

DS

PS3

• Batman: Arkham Asylum - screenshots
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Collector’s Edition)